Even more scarily, Kelly survived this round by 1 single vote. If that one vote had gone to La’Porsha then the entire outcome of the series would be totally different- it really makes you think! Alexandra narrowly edged ahead of Jessica here due to her large array of top scores, winning her this round. Despite negative criticism, Tyler found himself in a comfortable 3rd place.

So....this was probably the most interesting heat with regards to voting statistics. Quite clearly, Samantha Jade took a storming lead ahead of the rest of the pack, with Brooke in a distant second. Interestingly, Sarah and Leona tied with the same amount of votes, but Sarah receiving votes from more people than anyone else meant that she won this tie break. Despite placing last, Girls Aloud received two top rankings, but a large number of 2s, 1s and 0s let them down. Leah McFall was perhaps the shock of the heat, if not the entire series, but there was never any stage during the votes where she was safe, although she was very close- 1 point separated her and Dia Frampton, but the next round was even more close...

Yep, this one was nail-bitingly close! Surprisingly, Sarah Morgan came first in this round despite mixed comments from the mentors. Samantha Jade, who had won the first round with ease, had to settle for second, but it still let her go directly to the final! Funnily enough, at the start it looked like she was going to be eliminated...funny how things can change. Despite her comments, Brooke Simpson took a significant to fourth, getting through by the edge of her teeth- it was tie break that pushed her in over Dia Frampton. Brooke received votes from one extra person than Dia, which is why she won. However, the though of losing the eventual third place is very odd! Dia was oh so close to making it, too- had one other person voted for her, and possibly have given her a 3, she could have gone directly to the final.

Ah, Heat 3- or as I like to call it, “the one where everybody got good comments”, or for short, “the bloodbath”. It may come as a surprise that in terms of eliminations, this was the most clear-cut, with a pretty big gap between The Cutkelvins and Kristian Kostov. However, when you look at the finer details it’s where things seem crazy. First of all, despite Olly Murs finishing in last place, for a while he was in pretty safe hands, only to be let down with the second half of voters. On the contrary, Myleene Klass was in dangerous territory for a while before storming to second out of nowhere- in fact, only a tie break separated her and Ella Henderson. Interestingly, the heat’s direct finalists- Conchita Wurst and Lucie Jones- didn’t even crack the top two here. And we all know what happened to Ella straight after this...

Yeah, this happened. Conchita Wurst took a massive leap from fourth place in Round 1 to the top spot here (see, you’re not that unpopular Danny J ) with Lucie Jones jumping a slightly smaller distance- but still enough to put her through to the final. The Cutkelvins also took a jump, securing them a spot in the Second Chance Round. But with all these jumps, someone had to pay the price, right? Yes....and poor, poor Ella Henderson it was, going from winning the previous round to elimination here. At one stage it even looked like she was topping the votes. Myleene also took a decline in votes here too. For a while she was in danger of a 0 (which she later experienced during the mentor vote), with only a last minute surge of votes taking her through.

So....this was probably the most interesting heat with regards to voting statistics. Quite clearly, Samantha Jade took a storming lead ahead of the rest of the pack, with Brooke in a distant second. Interestingly, Sarah and Leona tied with the same amount of votes, but Sarah receiving votes from more people than anyone else meant that she won this tie break. Despite placing last, Girls Aloud received two top rankings, but a large number of 2s, 1s and 0s let them down. Leah McFall was perhaps the shock of the heat, if not the entire series, but there was never any stage during the votes where she was safe, although she was very close- 1 point separated her and Dia Frampton, but the next round was even more close...

So yeah....lots of people voted this round. Becky topped the vote for Izzie, meaning ***every mentor topped the vote at one stage***. Surprisingly, both of the top two only went to the Second Chance Round, where they both lost. Alfie got ALL THE 3S (with the exception of a 5 and one person who didn’t vote for him). Mo, one of the direct finalists, only just about squeezed through with one point more than Donel, who subsequently only had one vote above Rai-Elle. Very close and interesting!

This time, JLS leaped ahead of Becky and Alfie to hit the top spot, with Mo jumping to a surprising second place finish too. Alfie continues his streak of 3s with his third place finish, meaning Becky had to settle for fourth. Sophie was admittedly a very distant fifth- Becky had more than twice her amount of votes- but she still did acquire someone’s top ranking, which is not to be sniffed at

So this was interesting. Kelly, the winner, topped the vote, but still only barely managed to squeeze through due to tie break. She managed a top ranking of 8 from a user, which Alfie did not, which pushed her ahead. However, this does echo the point that nobody is guaranteed to be safe this time! Alfie was extremely unlucky here. He and Kelly had 6 more votes than their nearest rivals! Becky finished last, with Leona in seventh. Funnily enough, Leona looked to be topping the vote earlier on, with two top rankings! Unfortunately, that collapsed as the voting went on. The Cutkelvins also got two top rankings but failed to make it through over Tyler. Overall, a very interesting round!